Crystal structure of the cysteine desulfurase DndA from Streptomyces lividans which is involved in DNA phosphorothioation.

DNA phosphorothioation is widespread among prokaryotes, and might function to restrict gene transfer among different kinds of bacteria. There has been little investigation into the structural mechanism of the DNA phosphorothioation process. DndA is a cysteine desulfurase which is involved in the fir...

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Main Authors: Fukun Chen, Zhenyi Zhang, Kui Lin, Tianle Qian, Yan Zhang, Delin You, Xinyi He, Zhijun Wang, Jingdan Liang, Zixin Deng, Geng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3343029?pdf=render